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US Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey

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Building your retail talent foundation begins with offering competitive pay and benefits, which starts with analyzing trusted market data.

Compare your retail salaries to those of the competition across industry sectors, including apparel manufacturing and supermarket. Evaluate your retail pay rates and compensation strategy against all 406 organizations or narrow the data by individual parameters, such as company size and location. Restaurant compensation and benefits is also collected alongside the Retail survey and is available for an additional fee.

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Building your retail talent foundation begins with offering competitive pay and benefits, which starts with analyzing trusted market data.

Compare your retail salaries to those of the competition across industry sectors, including apparel manufacturing and supermarket. Evaluate your retail pay rates and compensation strategy against all 406 organizations or narrow the data by individual parameters, such as company size and location. Restaurant compensation and benefits is also collected alongside the Retail survey and is available for an additional fee.

View the list of the participating companies included in the Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey here.

Your data will be delivered in Mercer WIN®, an online delivery platform that gives you access to the data through a variety of customizable parameters. In just a few clicks, you can:

  • Benchmark compensation for traditional jobs and hybrid jobs
  • Compare your compensation strategy to a specific set of peers or competitors
  • Set metrics exactly as you want them
  • Benchmark off cycle
  • Identify the six most common skills associated with a role
  • Download .xls data files for easy importing into your comp management system

Your survey purchase includes access for up to three (3) users at your company. Additional users can be added during checkout.

We also offer integration with select third party compensation systems making it easy to access Mercer data wherever you prefer to do your market pricing activities.

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  • IsOrderingSetYes
  • Ordering TypeWIN
  • Enable ParticipationYes
  • Participation Start Date03/02/2026
  • Participation End Date04/24/2026
  • RegionUS
  • Sub TitleAccess the latest compensation and benefits data for US retail
  • Short DescriptionData on pay, policies & practices, and benefits trends in the retail industry.
  • CounterPart_SKUSKU_7408
  • Enable WidgetsYes
  • widget1Publish Date ~ September 2026
  • widget2Positions Published ~ 1,282
  • widget3Organizations ~ 406
  • widget4Observations ~ 5,811,049
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Product Highlights

Position Families

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Creative & Design
  • Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
  • Data Analytics/Warehousing, & Business Intelligence
  • Engineering & Science
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Retail
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation Services

Download the list of positions included in this survey along with the position descriptions.

  • Base Pay
  • Benefits Prevalence
  • Benefits Valuation
  • HR and Industry Practices
  • Incentive Eligibility
  • Organization Demographics
  • Short-term Incentive Amounts
  • Total Cash Compensation
  • Total Direct Compensation

HR Practices

  • Base Pay Increase Budgets
  • Benefit Eligibility – Full-time and Part-time
  • Company Cars and Cell Phones
  • Development and Career Opportunities
  • Incentive Award Policies
  • PTO, Vacation and Sick Leave, Holiday Policies
  • Recruiting and Retention Practices
  • Turnover

Industry Sector

  • Convenience
  • Department Stores
  • Electronics, Entertainment, Communications, Office
  • Grocery, Pharmacy, General Merchandise
  • Home, Hardware, Building & Garden Supplies
  • Apparel, Fashion, Footwear & Accessories
  • Restaurants
  • Specialty Stores

Industry Sub-sector

  • Apparel & Accessories Combination Stores
  • Apparel/Accessories - Family
  • Apparel/Accessories - Infants/Children
  • Apparel/Accessories - Men
  • Apparel/Accessories - Women
  • Automotive Dealers
  • Automotive Parts & Services
  • Books/Music/Video
  • Combination Electronics etc. Stores
  • Combination Grocery etc. Stores
  • Combination Specialty Stores
  • Communications Stores
  • Convenience
  • Convenience Combination Gas/Petro & Convenience
  • Department Stores
  • Drug Stores, Pharmacies
  • Electronics Stores
  • Entertainment Stores
  • Fine Dining
  • Footwear/Shoes
  • Furniture & Home Furnishings Stores
  • Garden Supplies
  • Gas/Petrol
  • General Merchandise
  • Gifts/Novelties
  • Grocery Stores
  • Hardware
  • Home Goods & Products
  • Jewelry
  • Luxury
  • Office Supply Stores
  • Other Home Products
  • Other Specialty Stores
  • Quick Service, Fast Food
  • Restaurant Chains
  • Salon/Personal Care Products
  • Sporting Goods/Hobby
  • Wholesale Trade - Other or Combination
  • Wholesale Trade, Durable Goods
  • Wholesale Trade, Non-Durable Goods

Geographic Area

  • Metropolitan Area
  • National
  • Regional

Organization Size

  • Number of stores
  • Organization revenues
  • Store headcount for store management
  • Store revenue
  • Store size

Product Highlights

Position Families

  • Administration, Facilities & Secretarial
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Construction
  • Creative & Design
  • Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
  • Data Analytics/Warehousing, & Business Intelligence
  • Engineering & Science
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Healthcare/Pharmacy Services
  • Hospitality (Food Service & Lodging)
  • Human Resources
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Production & Skilled Trades
  • Project/Program Management
  • Real Estate Management, Property Development & Investment
  • Retail
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation Services

Download the list of positions included in this survey along with the position descriptions.

  • Base Pay
  • Benefits Prevalence
  • Benefits Valuation
  • HR and Industry Practices
  • Incentive Eligibility
  • Organization Demographics
  • Short-term Incentive Amounts
  • Total Cash Compensation
  • Total Direct Compensation

HR Practices

  • Base Pay Increase Budgets
  • Benefit Eligibility – Full-time and Part-time
  • Company Cars and Cell Phones
  • Development and Career Opportunities
  • Incentive Award Policies
  • PTO, Vacation and Sick Leave, Holiday Policies
  • Recruiting and Retention Practices
  • Turnover

Industry Sector

  • Convenience
  • Department Stores
  • Electronics, Entertainment, Communications, Office
  • Grocery, Pharmacy, General Merchandise
  • Home, Hardware, Building & Garden Supplies
  • Apparel, Fashion, Footwear & Accessories
  • Restaurants
  • Specialty Stores

Industry Sub-sector

  • Apparel & Accessories Combination Stores
  • Apparel/Accessories - Family
  • Apparel/Accessories - Infants/Children
  • Apparel/Accessories - Men
  • Apparel/Accessories - Women
  • Automotive Dealers
  • Automotive Parts & Services
  • Books/Music/Video
  • Combination Electronics etc. Stores
  • Combination Grocery etc. Stores
  • Combination Specialty Stores
  • Communications Stores
  • Convenience
  • Convenience Combination Gas/Petro & Convenience
  • Department Stores
  • Drug Stores, Pharmacies
  • Electronics Stores
  • Entertainment Stores
  • Fine Dining
  • Footwear/Shoes
  • Furniture & Home Furnishings Stores
  • Garden Supplies
  • Gas/Petrol
  • General Merchandise
  • Gifts/Novelties
  • Grocery Stores
  • Hardware
  • Home Goods & Products
  • Jewelry
  • Luxury
  • Office Supply Stores
  • Other Home Products
  • Other Specialty Stores
  • Quick Service, Fast Food
  • Restaurant Chains
  • Salon/Personal Care Products
  • Sporting Goods/Hobby
  • Wholesale Trade - Other or Combination
  • Wholesale Trade, Durable Goods
  • Wholesale Trade, Non-Durable Goods

Geographic Area

  • Metropolitan Area
  • National
  • Regional

Organization Size

  • Number of stores
  • Organization revenues
  • Store headcount for store management
  • Store revenue
  • Store size
Participation
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Participating in the survey

You tell us what’s happening in your organization – from what you pay to how you pay – for your positions and we’ll give you a discount on the results. Survey participation is open to all organizations with matching jobs. Missed this year’s participation window? Contact us to learn how you can participate in the next edition.

Participation Window

Opens: 03/02/2026

Closes: 05/04/2026

Participation Window

Opens: 03/02/2026

Closes: 04/24/2026

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